Graduation Solutions LLC·Tucson, Arizona
The instructor provides targeted tutoring and skill-building for students in ELA and Social Studies to help them overcome academic barriers. They also monitor student progress, maintain rapport, and create individualized learning plans to ensure students meet graduation goals.
The ELA & Social Studies Instructor carries responsibilities for an assigned roster of students.
The school serves approximately 40 students on site and approximately 40 students online, a scope that allows this position to know every student on the roster by name.
As the ELA & Social Studies Instructor, this position does not deliver whole class direct instruction.
It provides targeted tutoring at the point where a student stalls in ELA or Social Studies, diagnoses the underlying gap, and builds the necessary skills the student needs to move forward independently.
This role is pivotal to each student’s success and to the organization’s broader success.
The work performed revolves around serving each student with the utmost of service, respect, and intentionality.
Consistent and effective communication is needed to serve students. This position is a hybrid position.
The Key Performance Indicator (KPI) for the Academic Advisor efficacy and successfulness is the credits earned rate (CER). Success in this position is defined by maintaining an average of 0.5 monthly credit earned rate for a student roster.
1. ELA & Social Studies Tutoring: Provide individual and small group tutoring to students who hit barriers in their science coursework. Identify the specific point of misunderstanding, reteach the concept, and confirm the student can apply it before returning to independent course work. This position does not deliver whole class direct instruction. 2. ELA & Social Studies Skill Building: Build the underlying skills students need to complete science courses, including scientific vocabulary, reading of technical text, data and graph interpretation, laboratory reasoning, and applied mathematics. Track recurring barriers across the roster and address them proactively. 3. Student Progress: Track and assess student progress in completing the appropriate number of courses per month. Modify strategies and methods as needed to ensure success. 4. Student Support: Provide students with the support needed to ensure they can work on their courses and achieve monthly progress towards graduation. Refer students to other departments and staff for ancillary services that are nonacademic. 5. Monitoring and Intervention: Monitor course progress, pace, and engagement data on an ongoing basis. Identify students falling behind, deliver and document targeted interventions, and escalate to the Director and support services when an intervention does not produce measurable movement. 6. Student Rapport: Develop trusting relationships with students and their parents to create a bond between the student and the instructor that advances the student’s progress towards graduation. Document parent and student communication. 7. Student Outreach: Establish and maintain student contact centered around student success. Provide guidance to students as they work through their courses and towards graduation. Refer students over to HUBs and other services as needed. 8. Student Goals: Create individualized student learning plans that clearly set forth the student’s path towards graduation. Update goals as needed and use goals as motivation for students to achieve the desired outcomes. 9. Perform other related duties as assigned.
Skills ELA & Social Studies Content Expertise Tutoring and Coaching Data Analysis Strong Communication Technologically Savvy Organized Detail Oriented Time Management Prioritization Customer Service Integrity Professionalism Telephone Etiquette Process Oriented Collaboration
Bachelor’s degree in a ELA or Social Studies or a related field is required. A valid Arizona secondary teaching certificate with a science endorsement is required. You are required to obtain a Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card.
Experience At least 3 years of experience teaching high school science. Experience serving credit deficient, dropout recovery, or alternative student populations is preferred.
List of Physical Requirements The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently in an 8-hour shift is required to sit; stand; walk; kneel; crouch; stoop; balance; climb; use repetitive motions; lift up to 25 lbs; reach with hands and arms; use hands to finger; handle or feel and look at a computer or hand-held screen for long periods of time.
Disclaimer The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to perform this job. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand. Please see your immediate supervisor with any questions you may have.
Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in ELA, Social Studies, or a related field and possess a valid Arizona secondary teaching certificate with a science endorsement. At least three years of high school teaching experience is required, along with a Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card.
Market context
Arizona classroom teacher roles are typically in steady demand, especially in early childhood settings where schools and programs need educators with the right coursework and clearances. These positions can be competitive because employers often look for degree alignment, a Level One fingerprint clearance card, and a valid Arizona Driver’s License, while benefits such as PTO, medical coverage, and retirement options can influence decisions. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save research time, then confirm your coursework and clearance status before applying.